These instructions refer This refers to Moodle 4.3 .6 from September 2019 onwardfrom August 2024 onwards.
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Integrated within Moodle is a comprehensive media (audio and video) handling system. This Guide show you how to add captions, share media and edit thumbnails of videos in Moodle. |
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How to add (and edit) captions and edit thumbnails of
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audio and video in Moodle
You can easily upload and share media files in Moodle and your students will be able to play the content back on any device.
You can also ask your students to submit media assignments. If you want to do this, please refer to the alternative documentation How to add a Video or Audio Assignment.
If you want to upload media files outside of Moodle, please refer to the alternative documentation How to use MediaSpace.
To use this Guide you should be familiar with the addition of video and audio to Moodle through Mediaspace.
How to add video and audio in Moodle
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To add captions:
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Automatically creating captions for a media file in Moodle
To request captions:
- In Moodle, click on the 'More' tab from the main menu at the top of the screen and select the 'My Media' option from the drop-down menu
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3. On the Actions drop-down menu at the top of the screen, select Caption & Enrich
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4. Complete the form and press on the 'Submit' button:
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5. You will see a confirmation message:
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7. This status will then update to Processing:
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8. When ready, the status will change to Completed:
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9. Click on the 'Pencil' if you need to edit the captions to correct any errors in the automated processing.
Editing captions in Moodle- Click the 'More' tab at the top of the Moodle page and select 'My media'.
- Click on the pencil icon to the right of the video that you wish to edit.
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- Underneath the video select 'Captions'and then'edit captions'
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Segments of caption text appear in a table, click a cell to edit and correct any errors.
Click Save (top right) periodically to save your changes.
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Uploading an existing captions file
If you already have a captions file for your media, you can add this.
- In Moodle, click on the 'More' tab from the main menu at the top of the screen and select the 'My Media' option from the drop-down menu
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- Click on the tick box to the right of the video thumbnail for the video you want to add caption to
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3. Click on the pencil icon to edit the video
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4. The 'My Media'
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5. Select 'Upload captions file' and find your captions file (SRT, DFXP formats are supported).
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We recommend using the SRT format. These files include the text of what was said in the video and time codes for when the text should display.
You can create an SRT file in the following ways:
- use YouTube’s speech recognition technology to automatically create the captions file. To do this you must have a YouTube account. Note that there is some delay after upload before the caption file is created. Since these are automatically generated, the quality of the captions may vary from video to video. As the owner of the video you can edit the captions to improve accuracy. Refer to the YouTube help for detailed instructions
- use an online service like Amara (http://amara.org) to create the caption file.
Video demonstration
This video will demonstrate how to add and edit captions to a video
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For more detailed instructions including screenshots, refer to the following Step by Step instructionsHow to Edit a Media thumbnail
To add captions:
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- In Moodle, click on the 'More' tab from the main menu at the top of the screen and select the 'My Media' option from the drop-down menu
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Click on the pencil icon to edit the video
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3. The 'My Media'
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page opens. Choose the Thumbnails tab.
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4. You then have three options of how to edit your Thumbnail. You can: Options to select a thumbnail:
- Upload Thumbnail: Select an image from your desktop and use it as the default thumbnail.
- Capture: Use the player to select the frame you want to use as your default thumbnail and then click on the Capture button.
- Auto-Generate: Select one thumbnail from ten automatically generated choices.
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Upload Thumbnail
- To upload a thumbnail from your desktop, select My Media and then click Edit next to the entry you want to add a thumbnail to.
- In the Edit Media window select the Thumbnails tab.
- Click Upload Thumbnail.
- Upload a file from your desktop and click Open.
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- From the Thumbnail tab, select 'Upload thumbnail'.
- This will open a file explorer window, find the thumbnail you want to use and select 'Open'.
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- From the Thumbnail tab, find the frame in your video
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- you want to use as a thumbnail.
- Once you have found it, click on the 'Capture' button. The captured frame is saved automatically and used for the thumbnail.
To select an automatically generated thumbnail
Auto-generate thumbnail
- From the Thumbnails tab, click on 'Auto-Generate'.
- This will open a window with ten choices for a thumbnail, click on thumbnail you want to use
- Select My Media
- Click Edit next to the entry you want to add a thumbnail to.
- In the Edit Media window select the Thumbnails tab.
- Click Automatically Generate and click on one of the 10 choices that appear in the selection window.
You can also download the selected thumbnail by clicking the download
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